DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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East St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty To Crack Cocaine Offense

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - On September 17, 2012, John Arnold, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a single count Indictment charging him with Possession With the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
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Accused Drug Trafficker Arrested In Panama Appears In Miami Federal Court

MIAMI - Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the unsealing of the indictment against Roberto Lopez Perdigon, 41, of Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez...
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Cocaine And Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

RICHMOND, Va. - Wilfred Houston Blair, 37, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and formerly of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 276 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and 1 kilogram of...
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Sparta Woman Faces Five Years In Prison For “Meth” Case

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Prosecutors today announce that a Randolph County resident was sentenced on a one-count indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Bonnie L. Wahl, a/k/a Bonnie Biesterfeld, 45, of Sparta, IL, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by 5...
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Drug Trafficker Convicted On Federal Charges

PHOENIX - On September 13, 2012, following a five-day trial in federal district court, a jury found Francisco Alfredo Montes-Vargas, 39, of Culiacan, Mexico, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. The evidence presented at trial showed that Drug Enforcement...
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Wayne Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients

NEWARK - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Dr. Priscilla Ilem admitted today to illegally selling oxycodone prescriptions from her Wayne office. Ilem, 85...
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DEA Serves A Suspension Order On Walgreens Distribution Center In Jupiter, Florida

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of an Immediate Suspension (ISO) at Walgreens Distribution Center located at 15998 Walgreens Drive, Jupiter, (“Walgreens Jupiter”). An ISO is served pursuant to Section 303 and 304 of the...
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Detroit Area Doctor Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Rx Drugs And Health Care Fraud

DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Mikhayl Soliman, 59, of Plymouth, Michigan with Medicare fraud and distribution of prescription drugs, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Detroit...
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DEA Case Leads To Conviction Of Chester Woman

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on September 12, 2012, Penelope J. Reed, a/k/a “Penny Warren,” 36, of Chester, IL, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in Benton...
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Seventh Person Pleads Guilty To Offering Drug Paraphernalia For Sale

BOISE, Idaho - Adam Daniel Schreiner, 25, of Boise, Idaho, the owner/operator of Bernen's Pipe Shop, LLC, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of offering drug paraphernalia for sale. Schreiner is the seventh person to plead guilty to the charge in federal court over the past two...